Dear Edith: My mother asked me to write to you with some questions. My parents recently sold their home in Colorado, which they'd lived in since 1975. Since 2014, they'd had a caretaker live in t...
Dear James: My house is fairly small and I want to add a skylight to the living room to open it up. The problem is that there is an attic above it. Is there a way to still add a skylight in the...
It's no secret that most girls love flowers and jewelry. Combining those two loves into one creates the perfect storm of femininity, and it comes in the form of an accessory that every woman can co...
Dear James: I want a patio, butterfly garden and a sitting wall by a slope. I think a simple no-mortar wall would look nice. What is the best way to build a stable wall this way? -- Catherine T....